Ade Adepitan MBE
"I first got involved with Scope when they asked me to speak at a conference about my experiences as a disabled pupil at a mainstream school. That day made me realise what an important job Scope's doing, reaching out to decision-makers and the public at large and changing their attitudes to disabled people. Through this campaign Scope is both highlighting and tackling the inequalities that disabled people still face."
Ade Adepitan MBE
Actor, TV presenter and Great Britain wheelchair basketball Paralympian Ade Adepitan MBE has been a Scope Patron since December 2002.
Ade supported Scope's first-ever Time to Get Equal Week in June 2007 and was one of three Paralympians who attended our reception in March 2007 to celebrate the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read more at http://www.scope.org.uk/cgi-bin/np/viewnews.cgi?id=1175507318.
As the star of the BBC wheelchair basketball team drama series 'Desperados', Ade arranged for Scope to attend the launch screening of the programme. Ade has also been working with Scope on a series of other networking ideas.
In October 2006 Ade joined four of his fellow Scope Patrons at Scope's Time to Get Equal dinner in London. Read more at http://www.scope.org.uk/cgi-bin/np/viewnews.cgi?id=1160049341.
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